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Almost 10 million Americans have diabetes-linked eye disease, finds new study
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Almost 10 million Americans have diabetes-linked eye disease, finds new study

by Steven Reinberg Nearly 10 million Americans are at risk for blindness from diabetic retinopathy, a new study finds. In 2021, an estimated 9.6 million people in the United States—26% of those with diabetes—had the eye illness and nearly 2 million had the most severe form, “vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy” (VTDR), researchers say. That’s 5% of those...